The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation laid off 11 of its 45 employees last week. From The Advocate: The cuts come against the backdrop of an economy that still has not fully recovered, and nonprofits everywhere continue to face fund-raising… Read

GLAAD this morning announced that it has accepted the resignation of President Jarrett Barrios and Board Member Troup Coronado. Said Barrios, in a statement: "None of you have asked me to resign, and I have appreciated such confidence in… Read

Politico reports that six board members have resigned from GLAAD's board in the wake of controversy over the letter in support of the AT&T- T-Mobile merger: GLAAD board member Gary Bitner confirmed in an email to POLITICO on Tuesday that he h… Read

Over the weekend, several bloggers and journalists received an email from GLAAD Communications Director Rich Ferraro that President Jarrett Barrios had resigned. The email included the promise of a statement that would be forthcoming soon from the or… Read

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios has resigned, according to information Towleroad obtained from GLAAD Director of Communications Rich Ferraro. The organization will be providing a statement soon. Earlier today, Politico reported that Barri… Read

Last week, I posted about a bizarrely-phrased letter sent from GLAAD to the FCC touting the AT&T – T-Mobile merger that contained some bizarre language linking LGBT rights to the need for 4G coverage. That news last week uncovered some oth… Read

Sad words in today's Boston Globe from GLAAD President Jarret Barrios: I was one of the first elected officials in the country to marry his same-sex partner. In part because there were so many naysayers, we worked to be a model couple — with each… Read

GLAAD just announced that NBC has agreed to its demand that the "Modern Day Wedding Contest" featured on Today be open to same-sex couples. NBC's statement reads, in part: "Over the past few days, Today has received a considerable… Read

In what Newsweek Culture Editor Marc Peyser calls "an effort to clear some smoke away from this fire" started by the Ramin Setoodeh article which said gays couldn't convincingly play straights, Peyser attempts to have a substantive disc… Read

Without mentioning Mancrunch.com specifically, GLAAD yesterday called on CBS to explain why it chose to "exclude an ad with gay content" from Super Bowl programming. Said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios: “CBS has a problem when they do some… Read

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CPAC. NRA executive Wayne LaPierre’s speaking time kept a secret for fear of protests: “Organizers for the Conservative Political Action Conference withheld the name of a top National Rifle Association executive from the schedule of speak… Read

It’s always the right time to visit New Orleans, and that’s especially true in 2018. This year, the city celebrates its Tricentennial, which means the Crescent City’s parties are going to be even better. While you can always count on world-class cuis… Read

The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that would allow faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples. Senate Bill 375 (“Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act”) would also prohibit the Georgia… Read

Donald Trump turned his wrath to Attorney General Jeff Sessions again today, asking why the DOJ isn’t investigating Obama for Russian meddling. Tweeted Trump: “Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administr… Read

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Anti-LGBT activist group Focus on the Family (FotF) has declared itself a church in order to avoid paying taxes. In its application, FotF, which has previously argued that the legalization of same-sex marriage could lead to civil war, indicates that… Read

LGBT rights campaigners wrapped in rainbow flags have protested against a Harvard lecture by Jackie Hill-Perry, a Christian activist and poet who claims God stopped her being gay. Speaking at an event on Friday hosted by the religious student group H… Read

Televangelist Rev. Billy Graham has died at his home at the age of 99, according to a spokesman. Here’s an illuminating piece on Graham’s views of gay people: In 1974, when a young woman wrote to the famous evangelist about her sexual lov… Read

Jimmy Kimmel crafted a hilarious ad mocking Mitt Romney’s waffling on the subject of Donald Trump. Now that Trump is endorsing him for Senator, Romney, who months ago was hurling insults Trump’s way, is kissing the president’s ass.… Read